★ 16 Categories of Desire

Early nineties, I hunted hard for a press – the right press – for my slim collection of stories. I was eager and greedy; tossed my little net too many times. But Goose Lane Editions ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Topography of Love

By Bernice Morgan

In her novels Random Passage and Waiting for Time, Bernice Morgan delved into the Newfoundland of long ago, telling the engaging story of an outport’s first families and their struggle to survive and settle. With ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Truth About Love

By Patrick Roscoe

Anyone titling a book The Truth About Love is asking for trouble. The potential to sentimentalize or to make claims the book cannot sustain is daunting. Patrick Roscoe, then, should be commended for his ambition ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ 19 Knives

By Mark Anthony Jarman

In the final story of Mark Anthony Jarman’s new collection, the narrator’s five-year-old son indicates over breakfast that he hates God. Why? Because the Supreme Being “made bad things in the world.” The boy then ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Truth Is

By Mary Soderstrom

Lil of “What Lil Remembers,” one of 14 stories in Mary Soderstrom’s new collection, The Truth Is, is desperate to find comfort. With one child hospitalized and her husband away providing medical aid in disaster ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Lost Crown of Meleor

By George Teply

On the planet Meleor, slices of cheesecake, guitars, and balls all grow on plants or trees. The Meleorites who tend them are a gentle, co-operative bunch. So when Quikqueek loses the Princess’s crown in a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Mermaid’s Muse: The Legend of the Dragon Boats

By David Bouchard, Zhong-Yang Huang, illus.

The Mermaid’s Muse crowns Raincoast’s Chinese Legends trilogy, the teamwork of writer David Bouchard and illustrator Zhong-Yang Huang. Unfortunately, the latter’s luminous oil paintings outshine the text as the sun does a candle.Dominated by the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Dog Moon

By Maxine Trottier, Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

In her many books, the award-winning-Maxine Trottier has been drawn toward subjects of social and historical substance. At her best, there’s an imaginative and integral synergy between her storyline and educational intent. In her latest, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?

By Elyse Gasco

“[F]amily is a tricky and shifty thing,” writes Elyse Gasco in Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? and her seven stories powerfully underscore that assertion time and time again. Gasco’s work has helped me formulate ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Ballerinas Don’t Wear Glasses

By Ainslie Manson, Dean Griffiths, illus.

Inspired by unhappy memories of her childhood dance classes, Vancouver writer Ainslie Manson has written a picture book that will immediately strike a chord with many children and parents.In her heart, anxious Allison is a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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